The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-13

and was bound to Queenstown for orders.
Capt. Jensen has placed his business in the
hands of W j. H. Taylor.
Kissimmee Leader: We have received
! from Capt. Rose another lot of blank CON
tracts of the Sugar Company for distrlbu-
ton among the planters There is no use OF
! hard tinres in this section when company
backed by mllionaires like Disston, Scott,
and others, stands ready TO pay the planters
81 50 per ton for sugar cane. The Saint
I Cloud lands are producing fOrty-tive tons
per acre. If other planters do as well they
win realize S2l6 per acre for their cane.
On the night of Dec. s murder was com
nlitted near Cork, flag station ON the
South Florida railroad, distant from Plant
| City five miles, in which j. S. Lewis was
shot and instantly killed by James Arm
strong. The weapon used was a double
barreled shotgun charged with buckshot.
| The news of the murder was brought to
| w. H Young, Justice of the Peace, OF
| Plant City, who promptly went down to
the place where the murder was committed
| in company with Deputy Sheriff John
Mooney, who arrested the murderer and
two others, who ACE charged with being ac-
cessories. The prisoners are in Jail at Plant
| City and well guarded. They are al
! negroes.
Sergeant Ernest Engle, has received his
discharge from the garrison at st. Angus
tine. He is said to have been arrested in
Jacksonville for bastardy. This Sergeant
is said to have left behind him a wife in
each town where he has been stationed. In
st. Augustine his career is known to have
been bad, and one family has been broken
up by his villainy. Last Monday he took
girl with him to the depot, promising to
marry her at Starke, managing, at the same
time, to give the slip to another to whom he
had also made promise of marriage. This
Iatt IL xs-ol ,a
Sergeant took the latter girls jewelry AID
arrived safely in Jacksonville only to be ar
rested by the brother of a respectable
girl whom he promised to marry months
ago.
Key West Equator: A forced marriage
took place Tuesday morning in the upper
part of the city. A lad named Frank
Thomson had been keeping company with
young lady OF a respectable family in this
proved to be en- ciente, and Thomson was
preparing to take a skip on the Nassau
schooner, when it was disco vered by the
ladys friends, who procured a warrant for
his arrest, and Sheriff George A. Demeritt
executed it on board the vessel. Marriage
license was procured, and the couple were
married by Judge de Lono this morning.
Thomson, though quite young, intended to
act the part of villain, by endeavoring to
run away from his responsibility and after
bringing disgrace upon an unsuSpecting and
| confding young lady. We doubt that any
good can come from such marriages, and it
is pity that such scoundrels could not be
| sent to the penitentiary for term of years.
At Gainesville Saturday, the Young
Mems Christian Association Convention dis
cussed the question, How can the member
ship be increasedg' F. II. Latham opened,
and others followed F. A. Curtis intro
duced the subject, "Hints on the Financial
Management" after which routine bus
mess occupied the time until noon. At the
afternoon session, after the opening
exercises, the subject, Spiritual Improve
ment of Young Men the First Work of the
Young Mems Christian Association" was
opened by Mr.. Williams, of Jacksonville.
M. B. Williams, Secretary of the Georgia
| Association arrived, and was introduced to
| the convention. He led a discussion on
How to Arrange for and Make Fruitful
the Work of the Y. NJ. G. A." The evening
| session devotional exercises were led by |.
| +. Webster, and the convention proceeded
| to form State organization, after which
the question drawer and answers were read.
Fernandina Mirror: Freights from Fer
nandna to New York are about the same
as from Savannah, averaging about S. IS
per thousand, and only 75c. per thousand
more than from Wilmington. OF course it
would be impossible for any railroad to
carry lumber out of Florida to Savannah,
with an additional mileage of IT'S miles,
| to be shipped at the same rate as at Fer
| nandina. With increased shipping facili-
ties, Fernandina must hold the supremacy
| as lumber port because of its natural adj
yantages, its location Immediately on the
coast neceSsitating little towage, its deep
water and ample harbor room and moderate
port charges Its output of $4,000, 600 feet
| of lumber in sixty days foreshadows its
future commercial supremacy. We believe
! if more planning mills were put up here to
| dress and season lumber for marked the
| lumber business would be much helped We
should ship more seasoned and dressed lum-
| Der.
w. H. Pell, who has been for over thirty
| years visitor of st. Augustine, is again
comfortably established in that city. Mr..
| Pell can tell many interesting "reminiscences
| of the former manners and customs of we
Ancient City He remembers when here in
| 1858 that the mail only arrived twice a
| week, being brought by steamer to Pico-
lata, on the st. Johns river, and from
thence brought to ST. Augustine by stage.
The only way of reaching the city, save by
| an occasional vessel was by the Picolata
stage. The arrival of the stage was eagerly
| looked for by the inhabitants. The driver
carried horn, and long before the vehicle
reached the city the footing appraised the
| citizens of the number of Passengers. If
| one passenger was on board a single toot
was given, and if more, an equal number
of tools were given. Mr.. Pell says he will
remember the excitement produced by the
blowing of the horn seventeen times on one
| occasion such remarkable accession to the
population in a single day was considered
| very extraordinary.
| At Maclenny on Saturday at large and
enthusiastic meeting Of citizens, business
men and farmers, the Baker County Re
| frigerating and Banking Company was
organized with an authorized capital stock
of Sl00,0 25 per cent. paid up, and steps
taken TO incorporate. The following Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing year:
Ex-Mayor John w. Howell, of Fernandina,
President; Hon. c. B. McClenny, Vice
| President; Hon. Nj. T. Shuey, Counsel;
Hon. w. c. Herndon, Treasurer, and
Edwin S. Shuey, Secretary. 1t is pro-
posed to erect q ten ton ice factory and cold
storage warehouse at Macenny, and to
run line of refrigerator car shipments to
all of the prominent points North, East and
| West, carrying fruits, vegetables, meats,
milk, butter, eggs, poultry, etc. The Flee
! plant and cold storage machinery has been
already contracted for and grounds Sc
lected. A savings bank at Maclenny will
be made one of the prominent features of
| the company as soon as sufficient stock is
taken 20 warrant the undertaking. A large
proportion of the stock has already been
| subscribed and subscriptions are coming in